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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-03
flats ano Rooms 60 fet


10 WEST H-ST.-Sultes and single
s1J rooms with nrstcass board, Engage now for tho
winter aud secure choice OF ROOMS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-03
Aurtion Gales of Real estate.

WHITE LAKE, Sullivan County, n. "
Auction sale farm 300 acres upon winch boarding
house accommodating IS guests usual tar
buildings numerous cottage sites with lake view: ample
lake front viii 10 sold In parcels premises Mepay
August 1887 For particulars address X PHILLIPS.
Attorney Mastsawau. Y. after August q White Lake
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-03

COOK BY highly respectable Swedish
~ Protestant; theron h and good lellie entrees
nice side dishes good bread pasr ami mullins best refer
ences A. 1858 23d-st upstairs. ladies' please
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
Counterfeiting Gangs

Our readers should perhaps be cau
toned against responding in any way
to enticing propositions to help them
to make easy fortunes. There is a
gang of counterfeiters in New York
City who are constantly sending out
circulars. We have one, received by
one Of our staff. They usually send to
some one living in the country, and are
very shrewd in holding out induce
ments to take soG:e of their paper
goods" If you wish to '.handle these
goods" you are directed to return the
letter (Which is not signed). and re-
turn the little slip on which a certain
name and address in New York City is
written 1t is stated that the address
will not be the same after two weeks.
OF course any one of mature years
must know that the entire business is
made up of fraud and crime. The only
safe thing to do, 1--WE will say for the
benefit of inexperienced youth, who
might from curiosity send to see what
would come of iD is promptly to burn
up every trace of the thing. By re-
spending in any manner you viii be
likely to get into trouble.--Fdyn,, Field
and Stockman.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
CHARMING NOVELTIES.
Clever Designs In Silver Card Receivers
aud Other Pretty. Things.

oshoN IhinRS.
A new card receiver is silver plate
resting on four golden legs, and etched
i'll the center with cupid. Two figures,
about four inches in height. represent
ing young couple in the full dress of
a century ago, form the handles.
One of the latest novelties in silver
ink-wells is toboggan, on which is
seated pretty little girl in full tobog-
gaming costume. BY touching a spring
the girl slides to the back part of the
toboggan, and the ink-well is exposed
to view.
A new design in etchings which is
being used on silver cups and shaving
mugs is the goblin dance. depicting a
number of dwarfs cutting a variety OF
queer antics. The facial expressions
on the figures are the noticeable parts
of the design.
Dinner services of silver are, as a
rule, plain in pattern. Occasionally,
however, there are some attempts at
fancy work. A pudding-dish recently
seen had on its cone in repousse work
an ear of corn from which the husk
was half gone.
A handsome silver plaque recently
noticed had a hollow of frosted silver,
in the center OF which hung. suspended
by their feet, two large pheasants of
oxidized silver. The rim is ornamented
with n series of Assvrian heads, set in
mass of flowers and vines.
Each piece of q handsome toilet set.
consisting of two combs. clothes and
a hat brush, a puff-box, button-hook.
a shoe-horn and n mirror, is backed
with silver and etched with peculiar
design representing two bear-skins, |
spread and nailed as if to the wall of a |
hut.
A clever design in fancy cigar-boxes
rests on four large silver balls. and has |
the top polished perfectly plain and
marked with a tennis court. A net and /
two figures about four inches in height,
girl and n boy at play,
the scene. The sides of the
box arc etched with floral patterns.
Among a number of handsome look.
recently seen is one desery.
ing of special mention. 1t is set in a
frame of silver in repousse work. and
s held an inch from the ground by an
Egyptian in full native dress. The
lace, arms, hands and feet of the figure
Ire of oxidized copper. while its dresi
5 of silver. gold and oxidizeG silver
IeUslers' Eee1Lx.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
TIE KAISER'S FINANCES,
No Income as Emperor, But Millions as
King of Prussia.

The EmperOr's banker. Baron Cohn,
deals with all financial private matters.
The empire pays nothing to the En-
perOr Cr to the expenses Of the imperial
household. Tie Reichstag, indeed,
grants yearly a considerable sum, which
amounted in 1SS7-SS to 100000
marks: but this is kind of fund TO
pay pensions, etc, first to the invalids
of the French war who have no claim
to military pensions and who receive,
according to the imperial order of the
22d of July. 1884. about 100000
marks. Other invalids and their fam
lies receive about as much. Therefore
little more than 100000 marks remain
to be disposed of by the Emperor. So
the imperial dignity is almost an hon.
orary office. The expenses of repre-
sentation have considerably increased
since the proclamation of the Empire.
For this the Emperor receives no in
demnity, and lie has to pay them out
of his private income. Therefore his
Majesty receives nothing as Emperor.
In order to give an idea of the reve-
nues of the Prussian Kings, we must
refer to the history of Prussia. Accord
ing to the constitutional law of the
kingdom, ''the head of the State is en-
titled to certain revenues and advant-
ages in order to fulfil his duties and to
pay his necessary expenses" The
amount of these revenues is not fixed
by this law. which has been frequently
According to an act of 1920,
the King had to pledge his whole pri-
vate property for the national debt. and
be received $500. 600 thalers, no pro-
vision being made for the other Princes.
This income was increased in 1859 |
by about 100000 tha.ers. and in 1868 |
by further 100000 thalers. These
annuities are charged on the revenue
Of domains and forests to the amount
# nearly 100000 marks. and the re-
exceeding 1000. 900 marks, is
7oted annually by Parliament with
)ther State expenses; so the revenue of
he present King of Prussia is aLoat
2. 250,0Oo marks, or f612.5O0. 1t is
to state how much the En-
,eror can spend. the value of his pri-
-ate property being unknown; but this
ncome is. it seems. placed by the En-
'ercr at the disposal of the royal
'rinces.-GermGH. Tage5latk
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
CHOOSING HOUSES.
Some Points That Should BE Observed
Renters and Builders.

! Some Points That Should Re Observed by
Renters and Builders.
| In selecting house. or site for a
new one, remember that where the sun
will shine on the house for some hours
a day one element of good is secured.
especially if the sunshine enters at the
windows of the living rooms or rooms
most used in the day time. After tho
aspect has been found to be suitable,
and that a plentiful supply of sun and
air is insured. attention should be
given to the general position and con-
structiOn of the house. If the ground
is at all porous. layer of concrete not
less than six inches thick and COM
posed of cement or lime and broken
bricks or gravel. should be spread over
the whole of the ground covered bv
the building. This will prevent the
passage of ground air up through the
floors. Air will travel through the
ground for some distance, and. as it in
variably becomes contaminated by
taking up carbonic acid gas in its pas
sage. is not suitable for inhaling. The
house acts as sucker on the ground;
and if, unfortunately, the site is one on
''made" ground-that is composed of
all the refuse of town-the ground
air becomes the medium of disease.
No house should be built without a
well-ventilated air space between the
earth and the ground floor. especially
~ ha L., 0fo 81.
be omitted. The walls should be built
of good. hard-burnt bricks, or non
pOrus stones, set in lime or cement
mortar. Common under-burnt bricks
or porus stones hold moisture. which
evapOrates with rise in the temper
ature and so chills the air in the house.
If the bricks or stones of the walls arc
suspected of holding moisture the whole
of the external surfaces should be
covered with cement, or tiled or slated
above The foundations of the walls
should rest on thick beds of concrete
bedded in the earth. and to prevent the
ground damp rising up the walls.
damp proof course of Stats. in cement
or bed of asphalt, should be laid in
the full thickness or width of the wall
just above the ground line. Dryness
in this climate is so essential to health
that any building which in its floors,
walls or roof. sins by admitting mois-
ture. should be rejected as a place of
residence by those WHO value their
health. In tropical climates buildings
but here we build them to retain the
heat and keep out the cold.-Gbam6ers'
Journal
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
OLD BRICK CHURCH.
A Famous Virginia Sanctuary Created ir
the Year 1852.

the Year 1852.
The movement to restore the "OlC
Brick Church" at Smithieid. Va, which
is supposed to be the Oldest church i
Virginia. has been successful, and tht
restoration is nearly complete. Thh
church was built in 1852, and was oc-
cupied continuously for two centuries.
Among other contributions to the re-
storation were two thousand bricks.
which had formed the walls Of the
BAY Church" which. though of late
date, was associated with the Old Brick
Church. These bricks have passed
through several hands since they were
torn from the Bay Church, having
served most of their time in the walls
of farmers kitchen, while part of
them stood for while as the walls of a
burying ground. Now they strengthen
the walls of the restored "Old Brick
Church" The roofs just put on the
restored edilice are the fourth set. The
first. put on in 1852, remained on till
1737-One hundred and five years; in
1877 the second set was put on and re-
mained until about 1921 (eighty-four
years) when new ones were substituted
for them. These remained till the pres
ent summer, when they were removed,
the church roof having fallen in. There
will be twenty-one stained-glass me-
mortal windows in the church.
Of the side windows in the church.
one will be Il memorial OF the Indian
Princess POcahontas. the first fruits of
the Gospel in Virginia. The window
immediately opposite this one, on the
north side, will be memorial OF the
Rev. Robert Hunt. the apostle from
Christian England to heathen Virginia;
and the one Immediately west of his
will be in memory OF Colonel Josiah |
Parker, one of the Earl of Maeclesfield /
Parkers, member of Washington g
staff, the first member of Congress from
that district
The aisles contain the remains of sew
eral people, one of whom was buried
there two hundred and twenty years
ago. To the number already there
buried the remains of Gail Joseph
Bridger, son of the builder of the
church. who died in 1868, and now lies
in the open field, under his tomb, two
miles away, will be added; and over
them all slabs will be placed. to be at
1nce their memorials and sections OF
the pavements OF the ais.es.- Washing
,0n S ar.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
MY SWEETHEART.

As heard on New Year morning
At my door gentle tap,
In came my little sweetheart,
And climbed into my lap.
Her eyes were like forget-mcnots,
Her hair was wavy gold,
Her lips were made for kisses
She is only five years old.
Her hands were filed with flowers
Afairer flower was she;
And scattering fragrance round her,
She said, with merry glee:
- There's Happy New Year hidden
Among those violet's blue,
And every little rosebud
Has some message sweet for you.
81 And when these flowers bring you
Shall droop and fade away,
I'll be your little heart 's-ease
Forever and a day."
Very soon the violets withered,
The rose and mignonnette;
But clasp my hearts, in my arms,
And there she blossoms yet.
Anna n Pratt
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29

The Vassar serenada is ''Gum. o
gum with me. The girl in the win
dow says: Il choose and viii go."-
Al. q. P;cayxne.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29

Can a man who won't listen to any
kind of music on Sunday except sacred
music he called ear-religious?-M Z.
Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Mining Gems in North Carolina.

DeSplUc UuC Itlh dUOuG ulttu1Ouu uelCS III
Kentucky, but few gems of any sort have
been found in the limits of the United
States. The most celebrated diamond
beds are in India, Brazil and South
Africa, although single stones have occa-
sionally been picked up in Virginia and
North Carolina. Mexico furnishes many
gems, particularly opals, but North Amer
lea, while rich in gold and silver, appears
to be poor in precious stones. North
Carolina has furnished some interesting
stones, particularly the hiddenite, grass
green gem allied in chemical character to
the topaz, but of q color previously un-
known. 1t occurs in Alexander county,
in the foothills east of the Blue Ridge,
and was named for its discoverer, Hid
den.
In the same region, in Mcdowell
county, where there are gold mines, are
also found in great variety stones of more
or less value The mining is carried on
chiefly for gold by the hydraulic sluicing
system, in which the mountain streams
are employed to wash down the hillsides.
The earth is sluiced out for gold, and all
the stones which remain in the sluices are
carefully examined. A correspondent
from the mines states chat valuable rough
specimens are often found, and as much
as the value of $4,000 in opals, topazes
and other fine stones has been found in
one day, and on one occasion diamond
worth 81, 900 was taken out There are
other localities in that region that are
without doubt equally rich.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Suggestions to Amanuenses.

Perhaps one of the greatest drawbacks
to the commercial value of lady amanuen-
res is an over anxiety not to be thought o
willing horse, +" and hence one will DAM
age her own standing in an Office to-
thwart that impression and be Imposed
upon" This feeling shows itself in the
promptitude with which she shuts up her
desk and leaves her work for the day.
Oftentimes it occurs that, through press
of other matter, her employer has had no
time to ''pass" upon her work until, per-
haps,' the hour of closing He remains
behind to do this and finds it necessary to
have one or two slight alterations or
trifling corrections made He calls his
amanuensis, and failing to receive any
response, looks for her, only to learn that
she has departed in peace" without any
further interest in her work than to occu-
Ply her desk SO many hours a day for SO
much salary o week. We think this a
point on which few words of advice may
serve to help amanuenses and make them
more valuable to employers.
Never be in hurry to 60 away at the
closing hour, if, to do this, you leave your
work unsatisfactory done. Many clerk
has jeopardized her position through in
difference to her work as the hour for 60
luS uTdWS NEAR. IL uOtS ilOO pay, TdtHtE
stay half hour over time, if necessary,
than lose q whole days credit.
My friends, do you go through your
Office routine and wonder why your en-
ployer does not seem to encourage you
more? Try this plan of always waiting to
see if your work has met with the ap-
prevail and received the signature of your
employer, unless he tells you expressly,
"You need not wait" This attention
which, after all, is your duty, but which
when it extends beyond your limited hours
may be characterized, if you so please, as
q favor-will gain more for you in the way
of encouragement and support than any
thing you can do through the day. No
appreciative man will take advantage of it.
When his signature is ON the last letter
or copy submitted to him, then it is your
right to leave, provided the hour warrants
it. But until then it is your duty to stay
to see your work approved.-The Type
| writer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Time Lost in Waiting.

know a man who has spent two years
of his life on a horse car, and he is neither
a driver nor a conductor. He is q bust
ness man who has travelled ever since
Brooklyn had horse car, and little
ciphering covers just two years of his ex-
istence. This calls to mind the vast
amount of a persons life spent in what can
technically be termed waiting. Few bus
mess men spend less than two hours daily
on boats, bridge and cars; then they will
average an hour and q half in a barber
shop weekly, most of it waiting to get
shaved. The filing of their lunch order
at the restaurant, with no eating, is nearly
half an hour more daily, as a rule, and the
delays incidental to the preparation of
morning and evening meals at home make
this q round hour. In year the average
man who moves about much will lose q
month in waiting for trains that won't
come along promptly, boats that are be-
hind and ladies whose toilets are elabor-
ated at the expense of time. 1t will thus
be seen that a painfully large share of a
busy mans life is wasted in accommodate
ing himself to delays and slow transit
Brooklyn Eagle Rambler"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Food for the Teeth.

A Brooklyn dentist writes: Oatmeal is
one Of the best foods for supplying the
teeth with nourishment. 1t makes the
dentine, cementum and enamel strong,
flintlike and able to resist all forms of de-
cay. If you have children, never allow
any white bread upon your table. Ora
ham bread is made of whole wheat
ground, not bolted, so that the bran,
which contains the minute quantities Of
lime, is present. To make good, whole
some, nourishing bread, take two bowls
of wheatmeal and one bowl of white or
bolted flour, and make by the usual pro-
cess. Nothing is superior to Boston
brown bread for bone and tooth building.
This is made out of ryemeal and corn
meal. Baked beans, too, have consider
able supply of these lime salts, and should
be on your table, either hot or cold, at
least three times week. In brushing the
teeth, always brush up and down, from
the gum instead of across. Brush away
from the gum and on the grinding sur
faces of your teeth. Herald of Health.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Two Hotel Men Abroad.

Mr.. Potter Palmer, the well known pro-
prietor of the Palmer house, Chicago, is
over in Europe for little rest and pleas
ure. AS he says: 81 have no plans at all.
I don't believe in travelling about over here
by machinery. don't climb up into any
towers, and I don't go down into any
caves. There's good lot of this sight
seeing that l take on faith. When get
tired of Paris I shall simply move on
somewhere else, but just where I can't
say. About European hotels? Oh get
everything I want, only I have to pay fol
it. Some Americans come over here, put
up at place where they only pay q few
francs day, and then go off and swear
at Paris hotels. If you are willing to
spend 81 day you can be as comfortable
here as anywhere else" ,...-. ..
Another hotel man, with different ideas
ON this subject, is Mr.. Darling, the pro-
prietor of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York.
During my stay here" said he, 81
always stop at the Hotel Bristol, which
prides itself on being the most select hotel
in Paris. Well, what is itf There is nc
reading room, no smoking room, no wait
ing room; in fact nothing at all for the
convenience of the general public, and the
entrance looks more like that of q stable
than anything else. I have frequently
occupied the suite of rooms for which the
Prince of Wales is said to pay 1000 francs
day, and assure you that the proprietor
of first class American hotel would be
ashamed to offer such accommodation to
the future king of England. He does not
seem to mind it. though, and will stand
out in the corridor enjoying q cigar and
chatting with his friends just like any one
else. All his callers sign tleir names in q
lures which he has collected in that way.''
Cor. New York Mail and Express.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Rare Books in Paris.

In Paris they will not sell you book
for 500 francs and let it 60 afterward at
your own auction sale for 800. If they
have sold you a "peachblow vase" sort Of
q book their dignity as well as their in
terest will make them redeem it at the
price they have made you pay, or not
much less. 1t il the ambition of every
bookseller not to become wealthy in ten
or twenty years, but to become q bibh-
opole; perhaps because in that realm Of
equality everybody's desire is to be of the
privileged few, perhaps because honors
are priced more than riches there. 1t is
silly to run mad after bit of red ribbon
for the lapel of ones coat, but it is not
for the bibliophile who runs mad after
bookbinding to say so. Moreover, the
man who would rather have red ribbon
than fortune, If bookseller, is the man
for a bibliophile. Valuable books are not
10 be sold like boots; there must be some
show of feeling about it.-New York
Times. ...
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
The Longest Street Railroad.

The longest street railway in the world
will be that which is 10 run between a
number of towns near Buenos Ayres. 1t
will also be exceptional in that sleeping
cars will he run on it for the convenience
of through passengers. The sleeping cars
and all the other equipments of the line
are being supplied by Philadelphia firm.
These sleeping cars are furnished with
four berths each, which are made
to roll up when not in use. The
cars are furnished with lavatories, water
coolers, linen presses and other conve-
niences, and are finished throughout with
mahogany. The other rolling stock COM
prises four double decked open cars,
twenty platform cars, twenty gondola
cars, six refrigerator cars, four poultry
cars furnished with coops, eight cattle
cars, two derrick cars for lifting heavy
material and 200 box cars.-New York
Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Value of an Education,

Little Dot-Oh, dear. don't see why
mamma gives me such lessons as this to
learn, nothin' but great big words.
Little Dick-Well, folks use big words
sometimes.
''But these are awful long things, ever
so many syllables; why, some stretch
most clear across the page. There isn't
any use in learning them.''
'Indeed there is, Dot. If you don't
learn all them big long words you'll grow
lip in ignorance an never be able to read
circus posters. Omaha World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
The Commercial Traveller.

Said a commercial traveller to Mime.
apolis reporter the other day: ''People
have strange idea that all travelling men
are necessarily hard cases and constantly
full of liquor Only those who know us
can fully understand us. In our average
trips we visit 500 different localities, and
our stomachs must be loaded with as
many kinds of water and cooking of differ
ent men and women. Besides this our
hearts and lungs must labor under all
kinds of air below and above sea eleva-
ton. Now how is it reasonable to sup
pose that we are constantly 'boozing' or
doing anything that must injure our
stomachs and minds, when we every day
transact business with hundreds of men
of different temperamentss,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-18
Her Ticket Matched Her Dress.

First Kansas Woman--Were you at the
polls yesterday, Minnie?
Second Kansas Woman-Oh, yes, Twas
out at the dear little polls. Isn't it Just
too nice to vote?
Chow did you votepn.
Really, dear, don't remember
wen, you remember that they had two
kind of tickets-white and red.''
"Oh, | remember now. 1t was the
lovely little red ticket that I put on the
polls"
why, am surprised. That was the
Republican ticket.''
well, | didn't ask. I saw that the
color OF the ticket was delicate red and
that it exactly matched my dress."-
Nashville American.